Fromia ghardaqana
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Fromia ghardaqana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Valvatida |
Family: | Goniasteridae |
Genus: | Fromia |
Species: | F. ghardaqana
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Binomial name | |
Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938
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Synonyms[1] | |
Scytaster milleporellus Müller & Troschel, 1842 |
Fromia ghardaqana, common name Ghardaqa sea star, is a species of marine starfish in the family Goniasteridae.[1]
Distribution
It has been found between 33.7 and 40.1 longitude and 15.3 to 28.6 latitude.[2]
Habitat
Specimens have been collected from ocean depths between 5 metres (16 ft) and 15 metres (49 ft). It lives in 28.593 °C (83.467 °F) water.[2]
References
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- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Fromia ghardaqana". iobis.org. Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). "Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms: i-vii, 1-238, pls 1-31" (PDF). abctaxa.be. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). p. 62.
- ^ WoRMS Asteroidea: World Asteroidea Database. Mah C.L., 2010-12-10
External links
- Photos of Fromia ghardaqana on Sealife CollectionError: "Q3202747" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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